Intro to Marine Resources - Geography 158
Dave
Siegel (Email: davey@icess.ucsb.edu;
Phone: 4547; Office: Ellison 6844 ; OH's: W2-3 & F4-5)
TA: Kristin Landgren (kristin@icess.ucsb.edu;
Office: Ellison 6709; OH: XX-X or by appt.)
Lecture: MWF 1:00-1:50 SH 1431
Disc 1 - W
3-4; Disc 2 - W 5-6; All in Ellison 2620
A systematized introduction to
marine resources focusing on the physical and biological environment of the
California Current and our interactions with it. Resource topics to be covered include fishery management,
marine reserves, pollution, recreation, and agency interactions. Several lectures will be presented by
outside experts.
January 5 Lecture
1
Introduction
January 7 Lecture 2 Time,
space & organism scales
January 9 Lecture 3 Seawater
Online
reading
January 12 Lecture 4 Geostrophy
& ocean currents
January 14 Lecture 5 Ekman
transport & upwelling Nansen
Bio
January 16 Lecture 6 Currents
Online
reading
January 21 Lecture 7 Nutrients
and Primary Production
January 23 Lecture 8 ENSO
Online
reading
January 26 Lecture 9 Interannual
variations
PDO
& Salmon
Online
reading
January 28 Lecture 10 Secondary Production & Food Chains
January 30 Lecture 11 Fish
Production & Food Chains Online
reading
February 2 Lecture 12 Marine
Protected Areas and the Marine Life Protection Act MLPA webstite CF&G MLPA
Masterplan
February 4 Lecture 13 Downwelling
& larval transport
February 6 Lecture 14 Sardine,
anchovies & climate Online
reading
February 9 Midterm
February 11 Lecture 15 Fishing CF&G
Summary for 2007
Full
report
February 13 Lecture 16 Harmful
Algal Blooms
February 18 Lecture 17 Fishery
Management
Online
reading Sardine
FMP
February 20 Lecture 18 Fisheries
& Ecosystems Online
reading Online
reading Online
reading
February
23 Lecture 19 Harmful
Algal Blooms
US National Office for Harmful
Algal Blooms
February 25 Lecture 20 Kelp
Forests
February 27 Lecture 21 Pollution
March 4 Lecture 22 Oil
March 6 Lecture 23 Pollution
Decisions
Governance
online reading Monitoring
Southern California’s Coastal Waters
March 9 Lecture 24 Charismatic
Megafauna